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Notes from the organizer: With Hypernasty negotiated, is it time for something simpler to reward this year's top 10? I'm afraid not as round 21 heralds the relatively early appearance this year of Spoilage in a game against against Apterous Caesar. You'll need high speed accurate arithmetic and intense focus alongside nuanced time-management and decision-making skills. Yes, it's the most fun you can have on apterous. Your opponent Caesar will be tricky to beat, maxing quite a few rounds while totally missing some others. He'll helpfully pick 4 large numbers, but unhelpfully rob you of some hard earned points.

Some stats for this round:
Expected competitors: 10
Weakest Links required: 3
Historic average Spoilage WL score: 50.65
Highest Spoilage WL score: 105 - Tal Lessner (2024)
Most Spoilage Weakest Links: 3 - Tom Cappleman, Dave Robjohns
Lowest scoring Spoilage survivor: 19 - Chris Butler (2018)
Previous rounds vs this bot: 2016 Round 23 ( https://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=1703 ), 2019 Round 24 ( https://www.apterous.org/to_tourney.php?tourney=2409 )
For more stats see spreadsheet linked below.

THREE lowest scoring Weakest Links will be leaving the tournament this round. If there is a tie for lowest scores then margin of victory/defeat will be taken into account amongst tied players followed, if necessary, by total score in the tournament so far (see notes by matches).

Tournament progress can be followed here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nqXFt20TYWIgYR9W_ZHqE1XVsHlVYOMlY7dLflGOSbc/edit?usp=sharing
Enjoy!

Runs from: 21 – 30 November 2025. Format: Spoilage Numbers Attack. Matches: One-off. Approved.

Fixtures: 3. Completed: 0.

Results and fixtures

Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Grey: tie. (Stripes: provisional, match in progress.)